EACON, a leading company in mining autonomous driving, has received another 44.5 million USD in Series C++ financing, led by Zijin Mining and Minxi Xinghang. The funds will be used for technology and product R&D and mining area operation management. Including series C and series C+ financing, EACON has completed equity financing of 97.3 million […]

‘The mining sector is eager to attempt pioneering projects to set exemplary standards’ Many people have seen the remarkable videos showing EACON Mining Technology’s autonomous trucks performing precise, synchronised manoeuvres at one of China’s largest quarries. The story, as told here, of its ground-breaking deployment of 5G + green power + battery-electric trucks + autonomy, […]

‘100% autonomy by end of 2024’ is the goal for major mine Milestones have been coming thick and fast for the world’s fastest growing mine fleet e-mobility and automation company, EACON Mining Technology. However, even bigger markers loom. If the company’s work with CHN Energy to rapidly scale the world’s largest robotic, hybrid-electric haul fleet […]

‘In China we aim to add a further 1000 autonomous trucks next year’ The CEO of the fastest growing company in the global mining autonomy market says the firm is determined to build on its lead in 2024, with plans to more than quadruple the size of its operating autonomous mine haulage fleet and continue […]

EACON Mining Technology Secures $55.22M in Funding to Propel Autonomous Haulage Solutions

EACON Mining Technology proudly announces a significant milestone. As an Autonomous Haulage Solution pioneer, EACON is operating the world’s largest fleet of autonomous mine trucks within a single mine, totaling 203 vehicles. This impressive fleet now constitutes nearly 40% of the total truck fleet at the mine. This achievement underscores the robust capabilities of EACON’s […]

EACON proudly announces the achievement of 500+ days of safe operations with its Autonomous Haulage System (AHS) project at the Zhundong Open-Pit Coal Mine, setting a new benchmark for autonomous driving in open-pit mines. This milestone presents EACON’s commitment to safety and reliability, demonstrating the capability of its autonomous solution to operate effectively even in […]

EACON held a launch ceremony for the deployment of 100 hybrid autonomous mining trucks.

Fuel-related expenses constitute a substantial portion, approximately 40%, of the overall haulage costs in surface mining operations. In response to the growing need for a greener and more sustainable future, there is a pressing demand to minimize fuel consumption. Emerging as a viable solution to this challenge, autonomous hybrid electric trucks, exemplified by the EACON […]

On June 25th, Li Zhenya, general manager of the BU MDC product department of Huawei’s smart car solution, Yang Sanjiu, director of the product management department, and Li Zhe, director of ecology, and others visited the Zhundong Open-pit Coal Mine of China Energy Group, where Eacon is located, for operational site investigation. Li Zhenya spoke […]

Recently, the Open-Pit Mining Technology Magazine published a paper titled “Realization Way and benefit advantage analysis of autonomous haulage system of mining truck” by Sun Qingshan, a researcher at Eacon. The strong response has triggered extensive discussions on the application of autonomous driving technology in mining area. “Open-pit Mining Technology” was founded in 1985. It […]

To meet the heavy load of mine haulage and the long battery life of continuous operation, mining vehicles have always been considered as a very important application scenario of hydrogen battery. Recently, the industry’s first hydrogen dump truck led by Tongli was unveiled at the 2021 United Nations Development Program Hydrogen Energy Industry Conference. At […]